Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Rijeka 4th with 65 points, Hrvatski Dragovoljac 10th with 19, 46 apart. Per game in the league, Rijeka were scoring 1.97 and conceding 1.42, Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0.86 and 2.08, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Rijeka had won six straight, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Rijeka 15/15, Hrvatski Dragovoljac 4/15.
Stadion HNK Rijeka in Rijeka, capacity 12,600, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Rijeka led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.


